METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW JERSEY

Neighbors Oppose a Plan For an Auto Race Track

Published: September 8, 1997

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP—
A proposal to build a $100 million auto race track around the Atlantic City Race Course is drawing opposition from some neighbors, who say they are concerned about noise and traffic congestion from the planned track.

Gary Zangerle, a lawyer for the Timber Glenn condominium complex, said on Friday that the 250-acre site was too small to accommodate expected crowds.

He also said that the noise barriers designed to help buffer the sounds of the race cars were inadequate.

The proposal, unveiled in August, is being touted by the developer as a way of subsidizing the existing horse racing track, where attendance has dropped about 35 percent since 1995.

The developer, the Scannapieco Development Corporation, says the proposed 105,000-seat stadium would attract Nascar and Indy-car sanctioned races.